RC Lens 1:0 Nantes: xG & match report · Ligue 1

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Match report · Ligue 1

RC Lens Home 0.82 xG · 14 shots

Nantes Away 1.25 xG · 15 shots

10 The result went against the chances

Goals

79' Mezian Soares RC Lens · 0.15 xG chance 1–0

The shots behind it

RC Lens Nantes

Shots: 14; 15
On target: 5; 3
Inside the box: 9; 9
xG per shot: 0.05; 0.07
Open play xG: 0.51; 0.96
Set-piece xG: 0.24; 0.16
Penalties: —; —

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 0.77 for RC Lens and 1.11 for Nantes.

Shot map

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All shots

29 shots · 1.87 xG

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Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match

RC Lens

2.20 xG created 1.39 xGA

L 1.34 created, 1.45 conceded against Lorient
W 3.19 created, 1.50 conceded against Angers
L 0.59 created, 3.63 conceded against Lille
W 3.76 created, 0.41 conceded against Toulouse
D 2.76 created, 0.25 conceded against Stade Brestois
D 1.53 created, 1.07 conceded against Nice

Nantes

1.60 xG created 1.37 xGA

D 0.46 created, 2.31 conceded against Metz
D 1.73 created, 0.66 conceded against Auxerre
D 0.92 created, 0.42 conceded against Stade Brestois
L 0.89 created, 2.17 conceded against Paris Saint-Germain
L 2.17 created, 1.30 conceded against Stade Rennais
W 3.42 created, 1.36 conceded against Olympique de Marseille

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

RC Lens: 1 won · 0 drawn · 0 lost

Nantes 1:2 RC Lens 06/12/2025 xG 1.19 – 2.30

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